Doing Business with the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations

In August 1998, terrorist attacks on the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed 224 people including 43 State Department employees.

GSA officials tout VETS at FOSE

GSA screened a pool of 43 prime contractors to award the Veterans Technology Services contract to, Bradley Scott, regional administrator of GSA's Heartland Region, said today at the FOSE trade show.

REDE wins $14M DOE IT award

REDE, a small 8(a) company, has been awarded a $14 million contract for information technology and telecommunications support from DOE for its Oak Ridge, Tenn., division.

InterImage strikes ATF software deal

InterImage Inc. won a $40 million task order from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to provide technical support for software development.

Small businesses receive DHS technology deals

Twenty-two small businesses have been selected by the DHS' Science and Technology directorate to participate in technology contracts aimed at the development of homeland security solutions.

SBA announces new associate administrator

Paul Hsu is the new associate administrator of SBA's Office of Government Contracting and Business Development.

Sweet success for small-biz owners

The Small Business Administration and the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new Internet tool March 7 that offers small-business owners advice and guidance.

Code shopping

ITES awards raise small-biz questions.

It's a cryin' shame

When I saw the news that GTSI Corp. and World Wide Technology Inc. had won the small-business contracts under the Army's Information Technology Solutions Enterprise 2 Hardware program, I had to scratch my head.

Dell draws in small-biz partners

Dell uses feedback to build partnerships.

House committee hears industry opinions on small-biz

Root out burdensome overregulation, ban permanent Internet taxes and make research and development funding ongoing, a panel of technology and telecommunications business representatives and owners urged a congressional committee.

Catapult scores GSA's sizable small-biz deal

GSA awarded a sizable set-aside contract for small businesses yesterday that many owners believe is too big for 8(a) firms.

M&A Special Report: New small-biz rule could dampen M&As

New rule may hurt small businesses.

In the current climate, some gain a clear edge

A select group of companies will attract strong buyer interest this year.

ITES renews small business rules questions

When the Army chose GTSI and World Wide Technology as its small-business awardees under the ITES-2H contract, it reinforced concerns of some small business advocates about the fairness of the system.

DOD suspends preference for disadvantaged businesses

DOD has suspended a preference it has previously given to small, disadvantaged businesses, saying that it had exceeded its goal of awarding contracts to such firms.

Veterans' contract opens for business

The long-awaited Veterans Technology Services governmentwide acquisition contract is open for business. GSA announced today that agencies can place orders through VETS.

Survey: Integrators prefer agency-specific awards

Most systems integrators prefer to get agency-specific contracts rather than governmentwide vehicles, according to a new survey.

Six vendors land Army ITES2-H award

Six contract awards were announced Feb. 9 for the Army's ITES2-H contract, which has a value of $5 billion.

Defense contracting done right

Small defense contractors with the right management team are inherently set up for success ? they can adapt more quickly than larger businesses can to market conditions, share the business risk with their customers and attract top talent.